Category
page 1Films directed by Jim Abrahams

Airplane!
Airplane! (alternatively titled Flying High!) is a 1980 American comedy film written and directed by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker in their directorial debut, and produced by Jon Davison. It stars Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty and features Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Lorna Patterson, Stephen Stucker, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. It is a parody of the disaster film genre, particularly the 1957 Paramount film Zero Hour!, from which it borrows the plot, central characters, and some dialogue. It also draws many elements from Airport 1975 and other films in

Hot Shots!
1991 film directed by Jim Abrahams

Hot Shots! Part Deux
1993 film directed by Jim Abrahams

Top Secret!
1984 film directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker

Ruthless People
1986 film by Abrahams and Zucker

Big Business
1988 film directed by Jim Abrahams

Mafia!
Mafia!, also known as '''''Jane Austen's Mafia!''''', is a 1998 American crime parody film directed by Jim Abrahams and starring Jay Mohr, Lloyd Bridges (in one of his final films), Olympia Dukakis and Christina Applegate. It was Abrahams’ final directorial effort before his death in 2024.

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
1990 film by Jim Abrahams

...First Do No Harm
1997 American television film directed by Jim Abrahams